Project Zomboid/Similar games
Games like Project Zomboid
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Project Zomboid” means here
Open World Survival CraftZombiesSurvivalPost-apocalypticCraftingOpen World
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
66% of 31,577 reviews positive
99%
match
2
How to Survive
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting
83% of 17,097 reviews positive
99%
match
3
Mist Survival
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Open World
76% of 14,233 reviews positive
99%
match
4
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Crafting
57% of 1,262 reviews positive
99%
match
5
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
56% of 8,835 reviews positive
97%
match
6
How to Survive 2
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting
69% of 11,006 reviews positive
97%
match
7
97%
match
8
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Crafting
81% of 11,156 reviews positive
96%
match
9
The Fifth Day
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
37% of 941 reviews positive
96%
match
10
Romero's Aftermath
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Open World
49% of 10,983 reviews positive
96%
match
11
Survivalist
Zombies · Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Post-apocalyptic
80% of 2,568 reviews positive
95%
match
12
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World
77% of 20,472 reviews positive
95%
match
13
SCUM
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Open World
74% of 125,822 reviews positive · 11,671 playing now
95%
match
14
The Forest
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
96% of 678,804 reviews positive · 6,542 playing now
94%
match
15
93%
match
16
93%
match
17
Days Gone
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
93% of 115,697 reviews positive · 3,367 playing now
92%
match
18
92%
match
19
The Long Dark
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Post-apocalyptic
89% of 122,934 reviews positive · 2,882 playing now
92%
match
20
Stranded Deep
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
74% of 47,679 reviews positive
92%
match
21
Rust
Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Crafting · Open World
87% of 1,383,467 reviews positive · 129,434 playing now
91%
match
22
State of Decay: YOSE
Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic · Open World
82% of 13,088 reviews positive
91%
match
23
DeadPoly
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
78% of 6,091 reviews positive
91%
match
24
Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
94% of 4,454 reviews positive
91%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Project Zomboid?
The closest matches to Project Zomboid on Steam are Miscreated, How to Survive, Mist Survival, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone, SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Project Zomboid's — shared tags include Open World Survival Craft, Zombies, Survival.
How are games like Project Zomboid chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Open World Survival Craft, Zombies, Survival count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Project Zomboid's. Popularity never affects the ranking.